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AIMEN

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Title 3D PRINTING OF WOOD
Role AIMEN is a manufacturer of large wood components and small furniture using robotic 3D printing
Presentation The 3D Printing of Wood project is a use case of the INEDIT demonstrator. It takes the form of a physical infrastructure and a digital process pipeline. The physical infrastructure will include: a multinozzle printing head installed in an industrial robotic arm, the auxiliary elements like a working bench and the printing bed with incorporated heating elements, and an auxiliary extrusion line to provide the wood-based filaments for 3D printing with the desired recipe. The digital pipeline is able to transform furniture designed using the INEDIT platform into a manufacturing strategy that allows for the seamless integration of 3D wood printing.
Objective The objective is to be able to print large and arbitrarily complex wooden furniture and to give the final piece different colours, textures and properties by modifying the material recipe.

Expected results

  • Development of a modular and replicable Open Manufacturing Demonstration Facility for furniture 3D printing in a DIT approach
  • Proposal of a sustainability-driven design and manufacturing process

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UL

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Title Distributed Recycling for 3D Printing
Role UL is a supplier of recycled plastic components and 3D recycled plastic equipment
Presentation The 3D Printing of Recycled Plastic project is a use case of the INEDIT demonstrator. It focuses on the recycling of plastic materials (technical and logistical feasibility) to produce prototypes and simple and personalised objects for furniture (ornaments and repairs). It involves local stakeholders and must identify the differences in plastic sources, considering the variability/heterogeneity of the plastic waste to be reused and its initial conditions.
Objective Provide a framework of smart objects to integrate to furniture for promoting a high level of customization according to the individual needs of customers

Expected results

  • Development of a replicable Open Manufacturing Demonstration Facility for furniture 3D printing in a DIT approach.
  • Development of a pilot recycling platform based on an open design approach.
  • Proposal of a sustainability-driven design and manufacturing process.
  • Proposition of a cartography of potential plastic wastes based on data that could be recollected from a smart plastic collector.

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UNINOVA

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Title Smartification
Role UNINOVA is a provider of supportive solutions for the implementation of intelligent components
Presentation The Smartification project is a use case of the INEDIT demonstrator. It focuses on the integration of intelligent objects connected to the furniture in order to make the user’s life easier. It seeks to advance common manufacturing processes to become highly personalized and intelligent, thus contributing to a 4.0 manufacturing process that will foster the integration of furniture in an environment that becomes connected. Usage of smartification would range from environmental conditions (e.g. humidity, heat and movement) identifying critical situations (e.g. flooding, fire, earthquake) but can also assist in medical conditions (e.g. detecting a falling person or excessive permanence in bed or couch). The smart devices (comprised of autonomous hardware sensors capable of communication in IoT settings) can provide awareness of objects/environment conditions that surround the users, in order to enhance their quality of life and their user experience.
Objective Provide a framework of smart objects to integrate to furniture for promoting a high level of customization according to the individual needs of customers

Expected results

  • Provide a framework of smart objects to integrate to furniture for promoting a high level of customization according to the individual needs of customers

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VERA

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Title Smart Manufacture
Role VERA acts as an innovation hub supporting the co-design steps, producing the furniture frame, assembling the final product and repairing the used products
Presentation The Flexible Wood Work Center project is a use case of the INEDIT demonstrator. It mobilizes actors capable of advising and guiding customers through the design phases, it proposes a translation of design ideas and production instructions and it develops a new generation woodworking system with a great flexibility, ease of use but low manufacturing cost and environmental impact for very small lots and just-in-time production.
Objective A new generation woodworking system with a great flexibility, ease of use but low manufacturing cost and environmental impact for very small lots and just-in-time production.

Expected results

  • Development of a Smart Manufacture in a DIT approach
  • Development of a tool, a decoupling point between a co-creation digital platform and the production instructions
  • Proposal of a sustainability-driven design and manufacturing process

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